Portable wheel-rack



-H. A. HOUSE, In.

PORTABLE WHEEL RACK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPTA; 1918.

Patented J une 7, 1921.

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PORTABLE WHEEL RACK.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT.4. 1918.

Patented Juil@ 7, 1921.

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H75 A TTOH/EY HY A. HOUSE, 3R, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 WIRE WHEEL COR- POTION 0F 1 n :W: CA, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION 0F N YORK.

PORTABLE EEL-RAGK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 7, 1921.

Application :liled September 4, 1918. Serial No. 252,670.v

To all whom z't may concer/i:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. HOUSE, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, Erie county, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Wheel-Racks; and li do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

Like figures Iof reference refer to like parts.

One object of this invention is to provide portablez means for supporting wheels or rims with as little contact with the supporting means as possible.

Another obiect is to supply a" portable transporting means for readily receiving and discharging wheels or rims to facilitate the handling of the same.

Another object -is to provide portable means for transporting the wheels or rims, having said means constructed for a systematic arrangement of the wheels or rims thereon.

A further object is to provide means in a portable wheel rack for readily engaging and holding the wheel rims in-an upright position, automatically, as they are placed upon the rack. f

And a further object is to provide, on said rack, a device for holding the said means out of engagement with the wheel or rims on said rack. v

With these and other objects one embodiment of my invention is hereinafter described and is illustrated in the drawings and what I claim is set forth.

Fig. 4 is a fragmental view of the slotted' guide and a pin bar engaged therewith.

1n the figures 1 and 2 are end frames of the portable wheel rack, which are identical in form and size. Each of these end frames comprises a base piece 3, having rigid arms 4, 4, extending out and slightly down from the said-base piece 3. The end of each arm 4 is pivotally engaged by a pin 5, extending' up from, and integral with, a forked memvber6, in which is journaled a wheel 7. 'Upon each base piece 3, are twosocket vmembers 8, 8, each having fixed therein a column 9.

To the top of the column 9-is ixed a cross member 10, having a downwardly extending slotted member 11. -The slot 12, in the member 11, terminates in its upper end, in an expanded recess 13. Engaging the slot 12, is a pin barv 14, the thin ends of which slidably engage the slot 12. The recess 13 has shoulders 15, 15, upon which to rest the thin bar 14, when the same is raised from the slot 12, into the recess 13, and turned 90 degrees, so as to engage and rest upon the Projecting outward from the base piece 3,

are bumpers 22. The base pieces 3, 3, of the end frames 1 and 2, are rigidly connected in their lower parts by square bars 23, 23, which are parallel and spaced at a distance less than the outer diameter of the rim .24,y

of the wheel 25.v These square bars 23, 23, are arranged to have their iat sides positioned at about 45 degrees with the vertical. Mounted uponl each bar 23, on the outer upward space thereof, and extending upward and inward, is a fiat notched piece 26, notched at 27, 27. Each notch 27 is made wide enough to receive the flange 28, of the rim 24. v

Rigidly connecting the cross pieces 10, 10, of the end frames 1 and 2, are square bars 29, 29 on which are mounted notched fiat strips 30, 30, similar to the Hat bars 26, 26, mounted on the other square bars 23, 23. Loosely engaging slots y12, in the slotted member 11, is the pin bar'14, which is channel shaped in section, as is showni in perspective in Fig. 4. This pin bar 14 is transversely engaged by a series of ins 31, 31,

passing loosely through holes 1n the legs 14EL and 14", of the pin bar. 14. Each pin 31,

31, is prevented from passing through these holes by its ring portion 31a. A similar pin bar 32 engages the slotted portions 1901i the cross members 18, in the upper part ont the Wheel rack.

When using the Wheel rack, the pin bars. 14 and 32 are rst li into their respecput upon the respective pairs of square` ars, 23 and 29, or either pair, as requlred, to have the axis of each rim horizontal, so that the anges of the rims occupy the recesses, such as 27. After the rack has been loaded, as desired, the pin bars are released in turn to descend into the respective slots, 12 and 20, until the bars rest upon the Hanges of the rims, and the pins31, 31, engage the upper parts of the rims, the pins being automatically adjustable to the transverse outer contour of the rims, whereby the irregularities thereof, whether they be pooliets or humps present sides to the ins, to rigidly engage each rim, transverse? and maintain the individual wheel rims in vertical position, while the rack is being transported where desired.A When releasing the Wheels' or rims from the rack, the pin bars are raised again to occupy the respective recesses, 13 and 21, and are turned to be lodged upon the shoulders thereof, to hold them up from the rims, after which the wheels or rims are readily discharged transverse to the rack.

Other seating means than the pairs of' square bars, referred to, and other releasable means than the pin bars and ins for engaging the upper parts of the r1ms, as they stand with the rims engaging notches may be used, l therefore do not Wish to be confined to the details of construction herein algemeen to hold the upper parts of said wheels in' releasable engagement therewith.

2. A rack for Iwire wheels comprising :fixed parallel notchedV membersl which engage t the same in a definiteposition and a ongltudinal freely movable bar which bears upon the wheels so supported and prevents tipping.

e anges of the Wheels and su port 3. A rack for supporting a plurality of wire wheels in upright position out of contact with eanh other comprising stationary means for holding the lower edges of the wheels and movable means engaging the tops of the Wheels to prevent tip ing.

4.. A rack for supporting a p urality of vvire Wheels in upright posltion out of contact with each other comprising stationary meansI for positioning the wheel and a longitudnally movable bar having longitudinally reciprocatin pins for engaging the Wheels at a plura ity of points to prevent tipping.

5. lln a wheel rack a bar mounted so as to be freely movable longitudinally to hold Wheels of any size and pins mounted in said bar and capable of reciprocating freely rin a longitudinal direction for engaging the Wheels at a plurality of points. a

HENRY A.. House, JR. 

